xp locking up

i have been having issues with my pc locking up or freezing
i have run checks for malware as a precortion to see if i can fix it
some of the thing that would instantly lock up the computer

click on the recycle bin

right click recycle bin to run ccleaner

sometime when avg would be scanning it will just stop and freeze only way to fix reset key
thanks in advance for the help

 

Hi newbielee,
Welcome to the Malware Forum!

Please go through the instructions in the READ & RUN ME FIRST and attach the requested logs. We'll have a better chance of helping you if we can see if there is malware causing this.

Thanks.
abri

 

i have some logs

 

Hi newbielee,

Please do the following:


1) If you do not use Windows Messenger (not to be confused with MSN Messenger!!) I would like you to run Disable/Remove Windows Messenger


2) Run C:\MGtools\analyse.exe by double clicking on it. This is really HijackThis (select Do a system scan only) and select the following lines but DO NOT CLICK FIX until you exit all browser sessions including the one you are reading in right now:

F3 - REG:win.ini: run=

After you click fix, just close hijackthis.

3) Now run CCleaner at the default setting with the Windows tab as the top one.

4) Please run C:\MGtools\GetLogs.bat and attach the fresh MGlogs.zip.

Let me know how things are running now?

abri

 

ok i have done that and it seems to be launching apps alot faster
thank you
i didnt see the the line you quoted f3-REG:win.ini: run= with hjt so
i ran ccleaner and mgtools the log is attached

thanks again abri

 

Hi newbielee,

You might have had too many temporary files and running CCleaner helped. In any case, I don't see anything further that is malware related. Please go through the final cleanup instructions in the box. I advise you to wait before you reset your system restore points. There's no evidence that yours are infected and you won't know until youi've run the computer for awhile if the same symptoms could come back. If they did come back and turned out to be software-related, it would be useful to have your older restore points still there.

abri

 

just to follow up on pc locking issuse it was a hard drive dying i was lucky i backed up what i needed and have now installed a new drive and fresh loaded thanks for your help
lee

 

Ah! Thanks for telling us!
I hope things are well now and that you didn't lose anything in the process.
All the best!
Abri